Nothing like the sound of open headers in the morning to start the day. :blob9: :icon_super: :hello2: Engine went very well. :snoopy2:
Found a very small leak, maybe seap(sp?) is a better word in the gas tank. After boiling and re-sealing(?) it is at the seam where the ranchero/wagon tanks let water through. Pulled the tank and taking it in tomorrow. Measured for a driveshaft and dropping it off tomorrow also.
It is about to move under it's own power. r :004:
Cool, congrats Roger! what a great milestone to hit.
matt
Way to go Roger. One small step for progress, one great leap for piece of mind. Yes, I love the sound of headers in the morning, it sounds like I'm a kid again.
Bob
57AGIN
Congrats. There is nothing that raises the blood pressure or puts a grin on your face more than the first start on open headers. :041:
Good for you Roger,
Noise is good as long as the neighbors are cool. I,m glad all is well with the engine. I can't help but suggest
that whenever fireing up for the first time make some temp slip in muffs so you can hear what the hell is
going on inside the engine. I guess the more of a Hot Rod the more important that is. :o
Later, Ron :unitedstates:
Nothing so sweet as the first light off except the first time it moves under its own power. :003:
Roger :006:
Reading about first start up reminds me of when I was in college was up to my friends house in residential section of Portsmouth NH in 1961. He had a 36 Ford coupe with a Pontiac engine and it was about 10PM and he lit it up with no exhaust in a garage we could hear a bang a few times so after it was shut down we walked outside and there were some shoes that his mother had thrown at the garage. needless to say she was not a happy camper.
Like Ford Blue Blood states the first time it moves under its own power is a good feeling. Keep it up
T:walk:M :unitedstates:
The Ranchero moved under it's own power today! Like Bill and Tom said I ain't wiping this smile off for a while. It is now on a 4-post lift for a bunch of stuff that is easier to work under it. :burnout: :blob9: :blob3: :blob10: :blob5: :blob7: :occasion16: :snoopy2:
:burnout: r, any burnouts yet ?
later, Ron :004: